Indonesia, the world’s 4th most populous nation, wants to deliver electricity to all of its 260 million. Here’s how it can do a lot of this through renewables. The post How renewables can help electrify Indonesia’s sprawling island nation appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Opinion: ¶ “Wyoming’s Coal Plants Are So Unprofitable Republicans Turned To A ‘Socialist Program’ To Save Them” • Wyoming recently enacted a law that forces utilities seeking to shut down unprofitable coal plants to try to sell them first, and then to buy back the power from the new owner, even if cheaper power is […]

Originally posted on Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole: You can still write to oppose this plan until the Planning Meeting on 19th March – email Rachel.Brophy@cumbria.gov.uk This is from South Lakes Action on Climate Change – Bravo! ? Dear Rachel Brophy, Re: Application ref 4/17/9007 by West Cumbria Mining Ltd re proposed…

Shell intends to be biggest power company in the world in little more than a decade, as everything goes electric, including transport and heating, and electricity goes green. The post Shell’s big power plans point to rapid shift to electric, and scale of disruption appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New Mexico approves bill which would see the state secure 100% of its electricity from zero-carbon resources by 2045, joining a host of other US states. The post New Mexico joins list of American states targeting 100% zero carbon appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Hundreds of Thousands of Students Prepare for Global #ClimateStrike, Truthout Jessica Corbett, , Common Dreams, March 12, 2019 In 92 countries and counting, hundreds of thousands of students are planning to skip school on March 15 as part of the “School Strike 4 Climate” — a growing movement of young people demanding that policymakers worldwide take urgent and radical steps to battle the climate crisis.

“I think we are only seeing the beginning. I think that change is on the horizon and the people will stand up for their future,” Thunberg told theGuardian about the mass mobilization planned for March 15. “It’s going to be very, very big internationally, with hundreds of thousands of children going to strike from school to say that we aren’t going to accept this any more.”

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The 2018 update of the report The 2018 update of the report shows that 329 financial institutions from around the world invested 525 billion USD into 20 companies involved in the production, maintenance and modernization of nuclear weapons since January 2014.